San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-06-09
AUTHORIZATION MOBOCRACY IN
SAN ANTONIO.
A Prohibition Meeting Broken up With
Rotten Eggs.
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fSan Antonio Express, 9Th inst.
Last night there wasan assemblage
OF not less than $500 persons on the
vacant site on Alamo plaza which is
shortly TO be occupied by the Federal
buildings. This concourse was gath
cred around a few Pickering torches
and huge dry goods box which had
been placed there to serve as n ros'
trum. The announcement had been
made few days ago that Bishop
Turner, OF Georgia, colored support
err Of prohibition, would deliver an
address, and hence tho crowd. Ii
was evident from tho tenor Of the re-
marks that were made that although
tho address Of Bishop Turner was to
be in the interest Of prohibition, the
prospective audience was decidedly
and emphatically opposed oft The
majority OF them had not assembled
for the purpose oflistening to earg-
uments adducod by the speaker, but
rather to prevent tho progress Of his
speech.
Shortly after 0 o'clock, amid gibes
and chaff, Judge Brookor jumped on
the dry good box and attempted to
speak. This was hopeless task I;
groans from all sides were to heard;
cries of "Pay your bills!" "Down
with prohibition etc, alternated with
very uncomplimentary epithets. Jud-
go BROKER attempted to explain him.
self, but finally gave it up as hope
less task. As soon as he descended
he was followed by the speaker of the
evening, Bishop Turner. The groans
were then increased in intensity, nor
did they cease until Bishop Turner
found that it was an impossible feat
to address the crowd in its present
mood. AS soon as his form disap-
peared from the improvised platform,
an almost unanimous cry of "Lock-
wood! LOCKWOOD" went up. The
ex-alderman in response to the call,
jumped up and then, for the first time
during the meeting, something like
order prevailed. Major Lockwood s
brief speech, in which he expressed
his contempt for prohibition in forci-
BILE language, was received with up
roarlous applause, to be followed by
another storm Of chaff and derision us
Rev. A. III. Sutherland took his place.
Despite the attitude of the crowd, Mr.
Sutherland preserved a calm mien
and waited until the crowds vocabul-
ary Of epithets had been exhausted.
He commenced by saying. Il am
astonished," and scarcely had the
final syllable of the last word left his
lips before IN egg of anything but
savory odor hit him in the eye. He
paused a moment, wiped his face, and
then attempted to proceed, but it was
useless, as volleys Of eggs came from
various directions, hitting Mr.. Suther-
land and Mr.. Mcclure, who by this
time had mounted the box, several
tiifics on the neck and face, and on
their clothes. Finding their efforts
to be heard were futile, the attempt
was abandoned, and amid hootlngs
and derisive shouts the meeting
broke up.
The action of the crowd last night
was deprecated by several prominent
anti prohibitionists, who stated that
they considered the proceedings dis
graceful and moro likely to iniure their
cause than to do good. Only one a.
rest was made by the police in con-
nection with tho above disgraceful
affair. He gave his name as Nj. See
las, and was liberated on bond.